Ch35 - “Gege, I’m afraid~”

Edited by kat

Dinner was still booked in the restaurant from before. 

After dinner, the three leaned back in their chairs to digest.

Lu Tun and Xu Leng drew close together to talk. 

“Idol is more serious when he plays in competitions, but he isn’t really cursing you out.

“Sometimes he just wants to curse you out a bit.”

Xu Leng: …..

There was both nothing wrong and something wrong with these words. 

They looked at Shen Qi, who was sprawled out to the side with his legs stretched out under the table. He raised his head, unable to hide his smile.

After looking at each other, Lu Tun took the lead in sighing. 

He didn’t know which Gege Idol was chatting with?

Rank One Gege had just given him so many gifts. Although Idol wasn’t short on money, he would still feel guilty. 

Alas, Male God should be busy.

Shen Qi, who was sending a message to Fu Mingyuan, noticed their gazes and turned his head to look at them. “Dog Di, which hotel did you book for the night? Do you want to squeeze in with Lu Tun? He’s afraid of the dark at night.” 

Xu Leng’s mouth moved, and internally he thought, do you have to call me Dog Di now?

However, that name seemed to be a bit warmer, and he didn’t show any change of emotions on his face. 

After thinking for a few seconds, he nodded.

Lu Tun grabbed Xu Leng’s arm. “Idol, did you have to reveal that too?!” 

Shen Qi lowered his head and continued to send messages, replying, “What, look at the sky outside, it’s going to thunder.

“Are you going to call Ye Lai in the middle of the night like before? He has to compete tomorrow.” 

Lu Tun wilted.

Alright ba. 

Shen Qi chuckled.

Aren’t I just afraid that you might knock on my door at night and disturb the two person world of Gege and I. What would we do then? 

He continued to send messages to Gege.

Your Qi Ge: [Link] Gege OWO 

Your Qi Ge: Gege~ It’s nice~

Your Qi Ge: Gege, what type do you like? OWO 

Your Qi Ge: Gege, are you still busy~

Your Qi Ge: Gege, let me pick you up ba~ It’s raining outside oh~ Do you have an umbrella? 

He waited for a while, but there was no reply from the other party.

He clicked his tongue, then went over to the Fu Mingyuan supertopic to check in. 

The topic he had posted last time had already received over a thousand comments.

There were still many people who were imitating him and spamming similar topics. 

Shen Qi supported his chin with one hand, let out a cold hum, narrowed his eyes, and continued to scroll through.

He was fast at typing, but after a few Weibo posts, he was prompted to enter a verification code. As he waited, he looked at Lu Tun and Xu Leng, who were still sitting nearby. 

“You two aren’t going back?” He didn’t look very happy.

“Ge, you’re not coming with us?” Xu Leng asked. 

Lu Tun immediately tugged at him. Although he was a little shorter and a bit thinner than Xu Leng, his strength was still there, and he directly tugged him up. “We’re going back now, goodbye Idol, see you tomorrow.”

Idol must be off to see whichever Gege, wuwuwuwu, he was in such a hard situation. 

The tip of Shen Qi’s tongue touched his upper teeth. Without looking up, he waved his left hand at them.

And continued to scroll on his phone. 

The two of them hadn’t left for long when Fu Mingyuan’s phone call came.

Shen Qi looked at the sky. It seemed darker than usual, probably because it was going to rain. 

There were already few people in the restaurant, and there were fewer fans on the road than usual.

Shen Qi rubbed the armrest of the chair with his thumb, suppressed the chill rising from the bottom of his heart, and clicked the answer button. 

“Where are you?” the other party’s low voice asked, his breathing unstable.

Shen Qi let out a “wu” and asked, “Gege, are you done?” 

Fu Mingyuan rubbed his sore temples. In fact, today’s work should have been finished a long time ago, but when the last group was being critiqued, Yang Su suddenly went crazy and began to diss Chen Songlu.

Chen Songlu also wasn’t a good-natured person. Although Yang Su was his senior, she has no important identity or background after all, having climbed up purely based on her acting ability in the past. Now that she was older, how could her position be secure. 

On the other hand, Chen Songlu had an important background, and he was also on the list of people to “take special care of” for this program.

After having such a mishap during the critique, the program team could only cut this part out, letting Yang Su calm down and do it again. 

Although only Yang Su’s part had to be made up, the other people also had to sit there to serve as foils.

After finishing the shoot, Yang Su apologized to the crew. 

Although everyone accepted it with a good temper on the surface, after they turned around, who knew how it was all playing out behind her back.

Yang Su wasn’t young after all. 

She sat alone in the lounge, crying.

It was Fu Mingyuan who handed her some tissues. 

Fu Mingyuan leaned back against the wall of the stairway, slightly bending his knees. Although his back was still straight, he frowned slightly, unable to hide his fatigue.

The light at the entrance of the stairs wasn’t on, and he was holding his cellphone in one hand with his head up. He looked a little gentle. 

Du Jing had gone to ask the program crew to borrow an umbrella, and when he came back, he saw his appearance.

Moving his fingers, he stood in the same place and took a picture of Fu Mingyuan, adding a beauty filter on top of it. 

Then he clicked to post it to Weibo.

They hadn’t done any fanservice for a long time. 

At the same time, he also clicked on the super topic to have a look and was blinded by the words, “Gege, I want to see your abs,” “Gege, I want to hold you,” “…” and similar words on the screen.

Du Jing: …. 

Were fans now this terrifying?

He glanced over it twice before closing it, as he really couldn’t keep reading it. 

“Borrowed an umbrella…” As soon as he made a sound, Fu Mingyuan turned his head and gave him a reflexive frown.

“I’ll come over there now ah, Gege. Wait for me inside first.” 

There was a faint sound coming from his cellphone.

Du Jing: …. 

Alright.

He went back alone. 

It was already raining outside.

There was a flash of lightning in the sky to the east, which brightened the sky before soon fading. 

Then came the sound of thunder from near and far.

The rain also started coming down harder and harder. 

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Shen Qi hung up, taking his umbrella to run over there.

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As soon as he entered the building, he saw Fu Mingyuan standing at the entrance of the stairs.

He seemed to have been looking at the door the entire time. 

As soon as he saw Shen Qi come in, his gaze locked onto him.

Fu Mingyuan really had been waiting there the whole time. 

He had actually really wanted to pick up Shen Qi.

But he had held back. 

In fact, it wasn’t long after he hung up the phone that the young man rushed in with an umbrella. His hair was a little messy, his face was flushed after running, his clothes were half wet, his umbrella was still dripping, and his chest was undulating violently.

Fu Mingyuan walked over. 

Although it wasn’t obvious from the surface, his strides were much longer than usual.

When they got closer, Fu Mingyuan put one hand on Shen Qi’s shoulder, touched his clothes lightly, and then said in a hoarse voice, “You got wet.” 

“Ah.” Shen Qi turned his head and gave him a smile. “It’s okay ah, Gege. I can’t really feel it.”

He handed the umbrella to Fu Mingyuan, brushing his fingertips against the other party’s somewhat hot palm while doing so. 

Fu Mingyuan seemed to be a little stiff. He took over the umbrella before finding and taking out a mask from his pocket. He slightly lowered his head and bent over, and his fingertips rubbed against Shen Qi’s somewhat cold and wet cheek.

“Put it on.” 

Shen Qi touched his cheek and looked around. It seemed that there was no one there, so he drew up to Fu Mingyuan’s ear and whispered, “Gege, how can you seize the opportunity to touch my face again ah?”

Fu Mingyuan paused while helping him put on the mask, and his voice was a little stuffy, “It’s not seizing an opportunity.” 

He lowered his gaze, and his eyes fell on the young man’s hands.

“It’s on purpose.” 

Shen Qi clicked his tongue.

His cheeks hidden under the mask actually felt a little hot. 

He rubbed his hair, cracked his fingers, and said, “Gege, will you hold the umbrella ah? I’m afraid of thunder.

“Look at the lightning and thunder outside, it’s too scary.” 

Although he said that, there was no fear at all in his tone. On the contrary, he seemed to be anticipating something.

Fu Mingyuan seemed to believe what he said and answered affirmatively. 

After a while, he turned from Shen Qi’s left side to his right, taking and holding the umbrella with just his right hand while he pulled at Shen Qi’s wrist with his left hand.

His palm drifted along his wrist until their fingers were tightly clasped together. 

Shen Qi let out a “wu.”

Fu Mingyuan led him out and explained, “Don’t be afraid, I’ll take you.” 

After that, Shen Qi began to laugh lightly.

“En, okay, I’m not afraid, Gege.” 

The black umbrella covered both of their faces, and with their hats blocking them, no one would feel like they were strange people.

There also weren’t many people on the road. They had all hid inside because of the thunder and heavy rain. 

Shen Qi’s hand was stuffed into his pocket by Fu Mingyuan, and his cool hand was soon covered with heat.

He looked at the rain dripping from the side of the umbrella, and how half of the umbrella was always tilted towards him. 

He then slightly leaned towards Fu Mingyuan again.

No one would recognize them as they walked slowly hand in hand along the road, which made Shen Qi feel very much at ease. 

His hand that had been placed in the other party’s pocket moved a bit.

Fu Mingyuan turned his head and looked at him. 

He wore a mask and could only see his deep eyes.

They were much softer than when he had first seen him. 

Shen Qi stopped.

He gently pulled the umbrella down a little bit, and then went to pull the other person’s collar. 

He let Fu Mingyuan slightly lower his head.

Through the somewhat damp mask, a kiss that was so soft it could barely count as a kiss fell on Fu Mingyuan’s eyes. 

Fu Mingyuan closed his eyes subconsciously.

First his left eye, then his right eye. 

The sky flashed again.

The lamps at the side of the road dimmed a bit. 

Then came the thunder.

Shen Qi tilted his head and leaned against Fu Mingyuan’s shoulder before starting to take turtle-like steps. 

“Gege, I’m afraid~”

Fu Mingyuan licked his dry lips, lowered his eyes, and let out an “en.” 

He tightened his grip on the other party’s hand to comfort him.

It wasn’t far from the building to the hotel. 

The two of them walked for more than half an hour.

Fortunately, it was dark and there was a thunderstorm at this time, in addition to there being no reporters or fans following them. 

Fu Mingyuan was wearing a suit today. When they returned to Shen Qi’s room, he was already halfway soaked.

Shen Qi went to take a bath first. He wasn’t wearing much, and Fu Mingyuan was afraid that he would catch a cold. 

When he came out, Fu Mingyuan had taken off his jacket and sat on the sofa. He seemed to be watching some video.

Shen Qi took a look and heard some sounds coming out of his phone. 

He immediately recognized what this was.

He grabbed the other party’s cellphone and feverishly clicked to exit. 

“Cough, Gege, how can you watch this?” He reflexively licked his lips.

He had just taken a bath and his lips were a bit dry. 

Fu Mingyuan let out an “en?”

“It’s the website you sent me.” 

He didn’t seem to be impacted by it at all, just enjoying a little bit of the film.

His tone didn’t fluctuate at all. 

Shen Qi took a towel and put it on his head, helping him wring out his hair twice before clicking his tongue. “I sent it to you, and you’re just going to watch it ah, what if it was a virus?

“I hadn’t even watched it yet. 

“Gege, how can you look at other people’s bodies?”

The collar of his pajamas was relatively low, and two buttons hadn’t been buttoned up. As he sat down, his collar floated up twice. 

Fu Mingyuan’s eyes swept over his delicate clavicle. He licked his lower lip, and his voice was a little hoarse.

“I didn’t watch it.” 

He had just opened it and didn’t look at it carefully.

The video had loaded very slowly, and only the sound came out first. 

His Adam’s apple rolled up and down twice. His somewhat hot hands covered the back of Shen Qi’s hands. Fu Mingyuan took the towel from his hand and stood up abruptly.

“I’ll go take a bath.” 

Shen Qi fiddled with his cellphone, watched the other party walking towards the bathroom, licked the corner of his lip, and asked slowly, “Gege, do you want to stay here tonight?”

The other party’s steps stopped, and he was silent for a while before he said, “En. I’ll be here, so you won’t have to be afraid.” 

Shen Qi laughed happily.

After Fu Mingyuan went to take a bath, he opened his own WeChat. 

It was only then that he saw that when he had gone over to pick him up, Gege had also sent him some messages.

fmy: I see you 

fmy: Don’t hurry

He chuckled, sitting on the sofa with his arms around his knees as he started to scroll through the five person group chat. 

Dog Ge: Lu Tun snores when he sleeps

Dog Ge: Where’s the fear of thunder you talked about? He’s even more dead to the world when sleeping than I am 

Little Coriander ya: Wow, you two are sleeping together? Are you hugging each other to sleep?

Little Coriander ya: Send me a picture ya, QWQ 

Dog Ge: There’s no photos

Ye Lai: He also grinds his teeth when he sleeps. I guess that Sweetie Ge told you that he’s afraid of thunder and let him sleep with you 

Your Qi Ge: ?

Your Qi Ge: What? You’re still not sleeping? 

Ye Lai: Good night!!

They made small talk for a while, and then he went back to the video of last year’s competition. He had done a lot of competition analysis before, and after thinking about it, he sent Xu Leng all of it 

Xu Leng replied in seconds.

Dog Ge: Thank you God A! 

Your Qi Ge: ? In the future, I’m your team captain and your boss. You have to watch all these, as each team has its own unique playing style

Dog Ge: Okay, Captain. I’ll watch it now 

Your Qi Ge: En, have a good look

He switched to Weibo again and saw that Fu Mingyuan’s Weibo had been updated. 

A bunch of groundhogs were screaming in the comments.

There were a lot of “Gege, I’m going crazy and stupid for you” type comments in there as well. 

Heh.

The man in the picture looked up slightly, and the light was dim. He was calling someone on his cellphone. 

Although it was only a side profile, it was still as impeccable as always.

…. 

It was only after finishing up all this that Shen Qi found that Gege’s bath seemed a little long.

When Fu Mingyuan came out, Shen Qi was explaining to Xu Leng the problems he had encountered while watching the video. 

The young man was lying on the sofa, holding up his cellphone and typing.

He was frowning slightly, the corner of his mouth pulled down. 

Fu Mingyuan stepped into his slippers and walked over without making any noise.

Warm hands were placed on the young man’s brow. 

Shen Qi looked up at him from his position.

Gege was wearing his extra pajamas. 

On Shen Qi, these pajamas were loose and wide, but on the other party, they had become a bit tight.

It seemed that his shoulders were wider. 

The lines of his neck were partially visible.

He quickly said good night to Xu Leng, and then threw away his cellphone. 

His whole person scooted up twice until he could reach the other side, and he pulled at the hem of the other party’s clothes.

“What’s the matter?” 

Fu Mingyuan helped him rub at the furrow in his brows.

Shen Qi’s voice was a little hoarse. “Gege, bend over.” 

He ordered this.

Although Fu Mingyuan was puzzled, he still bent over. 

Warm lips covered his.

The young man raised his head, one hand on the back of his head and the other on his collar. 

They shared a long kiss.

…. 

“Just explained things to Dog Ge.” Shen Qi curled up his legs and leaned his back against Fu Mingyuan’s shoulder.

Fu Mingyuan leaned over and wiped his hair. 

“I haven’t played FPP mode for a long time, and my fingers aren’t quite used to it anymore.” He rubbed the other party’s shoulders with his back, as if flirting with him.

Fu Mingyuan stiffened and moved back. 

His gaze grew a little deep.

He closed his eyes. 

His ears were red.

“Which hand is uncomfortable?” His hair had already been wiped nearly dry. 

Shen Qi raised both hands.

Fu Mingyuan rubbed his fingers one by one, with a gentle strength. 

It was probably because it was too comfortable that Shen Qi started to feel sleepy.

Not long after, he fell asleep on Fu Mingyuan’s shoulder. 

It was only after he was deeply asleep that Fu Mingyuan let out a breath and carried him to bed.

The young man plainly wasn’t short, but he was still very light. 

When Shen Qi was asleep, he smacked his lips reflexively.

Fu Mingyuan suddenly smiled and bent down to kiss his eyes. 

Then, he turned and went to the bathroom again.

…… 

When Shen Qi woke up the next day, it was already almost noon.

Fu Mingyuan had long since left his side. 

He rubbed his forehead and felt a dull pain.

How did he fall asleep so comfortably just like that last night? 

After glancing at his cellphone, it was already past ten o’clock.

There were some WeChat messages—— 

Lu Tun: Idol, call us when you wake up ah

Lu Tun: My god, Dog Ge still hasn’t woken up yet. Is he a pig! 

Lu Tun: I’m not talking about you ah, Idol!

fmy: Delete the website, you can’t watch anymore 

fmy: Breakfast is in the microwave

fmy: Don’t forget to delete it 

fmy: It’s not good to watch too much of this kind of thing

Shen Qi yawned and covered his mouth where a smile was spreading. 

Your Qi Ge: Gege, I woke up

Your Qi Ge: Gege, I won’t watch~ I’ll only watch you~ 

The other party didn’t reply. He was probably still filming.

…… 

The competition started at two in the afternoon.

On the first day, there would be an M1G game. 

It could have been that the people drawing the lots were just too bad, because the strong teams were basically all in Group A. Facing this, M1G’s chances of winning were very small.

At the competition venue—— 

Lu Tun and Shen Qi were both wearing masks. After all, they were both professional players. Even if they weren’t afraid of what might happen, they were still a bit cautious.

“Wow Idol, how did you get a ticket that is so close to the front?” They hadn’t checked before, but now that they did, they saw the three of their seats were all separate. 

Shen Qi raised an eyebrow. “Staff ticket.

“Alright, Gege is going to the seat you guys can’t sit in.” 

Lu Tun and Xu Leng: ….

We agreed to watch the competition together, and you went and got a staff ticket yourself? 

Are you human?

The two people who could only grab back row seats could only huddle together for warmth. 

At the caster seats, the casters were saying the official opening remarks.

The players participating in the competition were taking their seats. 

Shen Qi lowered his head, scrolled through Weibo jokes for a while, and laughed.

Not long after, he felt that someone had sat next to him. 

He turned his head and took a look.

It was HUOJ’s Bo Li. 

Shen Qi felt that the opening of the competition was a bit boring and scratched his chin.

Then he patted Bo Li on the shoulder. 

Bo Li, who had been attentively listening as the casters read out the sponsors, turned his head doubtfully.

Shen Qi slowly pulled down his mask, showed an innocent smile to Bo Li, and quickly pulled up the mask. 

Bo Li: ….

Bo Li fell to the ground, landing on his butt. 

The other pro players in the front row saw him fall and hurried to come help him up.

With a dark expression, Bo Li waved his hand to show that he didn’t need any help. 

He was HUOJ’s ace. If he was really hurt, could he sue Angry for deliberately hurting others?

When he returned to his seat again, Bo Li put his hand over his mouth and approached Shen Qi’s ear to speak quietly to him, “Shit, how can you come to secretly watch the competition? Do you want to scare me to death? Where did you get a front row ticket? Aren’t they for staff only?” 

Shen Qi also imitated him, covering his mouth and drawing closer to speak in a low voice, “I asked a sponsor for one.”

“Forget it, you? You’re so poor that you have to ask me for money to eat, what sponsor do you know? You couldn’t have sold yourself for it? Are there female sponsors?” 

Shen Qi stepped on his foot. “Tch, who are you saying is poor? Didn’t I go home and inherit hundreds of millions in family property?

“Are you moved? I specifically asked the sponsor for a place next to you. 

“Look, I, Gege, even found out where you were going to sit.”

Bo Li let out a “heh heh.” 

He even mentioned inheriting hundreds of millions in family property.

If he had hundreds of millions in family property, how could he have asked him for money to eat with back then. 

However, he would be lying if he said he wasn’t moved.

It was also true that it had scared him to death. 

“What about Little Lu Tun? I got a ticket for him before, but he actually didn’t want it. He said that he would share in joys and sorrows with you.” Bo Li sighed. Lu Tun was really too naive.

Shen Qi pointed to the back row. 

Bo Li sighed again.

“What are you planning to do right now? You even wore a mask to come watch the game, are you afraid people will recognize you?” 

Shen Qi let out an “ah,” nodded, and said without a shred of guilt, “Yes ah, you see, I have so many fans. Wouldn’t it be very embarrassing if I’m recognized, the competition venue gets blocked up, and no one comes to watch the competition.”

Bo Li: …. 

Bo Li rolled his eyes again.

Why on earth was he earnestly talking to Angry. 

He didn’t get angry, he just specialized in making other people angry.

Bo Li ignored him. 

Shen Qi shrugged.

Then, he patted the person to his left on the shoulder. 

To his left was EVE’s Buxiu (Sun Fan), also a player who had once won MVP.

He followed up with the same routine. 

He said the same thing he had to Bo Li.

Bo Li, who witnessed all this: …. 

Heh heh, all those moved feelings were false.

The two casters finally finished their opening remarks. 

And this year’s November playoffs finally officially started.

A total of 30 teams were participating in the competition, and they were divided into two groups, Group A and Group B, with 15 teams in each group. 

Today was Group A, tomorrow was Group B, and the day after tomorrow was Group A. In the preliminary competition, each group would take part in a two day competition, and the teams with the top ten points in each group would enter the quarter-finals.

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The author has something to say: 

Shen Qi: I don’t want to be a person.

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Juurensha: Hmmm, let’s see what SQ will glean from the competition! (And do I sense hints of Xu Leng/Lu Tun???)